Terms of Service

Sprig (sprig.gg) is a community platform for indie game developers. You can post projects, write devlogs, run open calls for collaborators, host or join jams, and message other developers. Sprig is not a storefront: we do not sell games, host commercial downloads, or process payments between users. We charge for our own Sprig+ subscription; that is the only money that moves through us.

These terms are the agreement between you and Sprig when you use the service. Read them. If you don't agree, please don't use Sprig.

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you are between 13 and the age of majority where you live, you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed these terms with you.

You are responsible for everything that happens under your account, including keeping your password safe. Don't share your account with anyone else, and tell us if you think someone else has accessed it.

Pick a username that isn't already taken and isn't obviously hateful, abusive, or impersonating someone else. We may reclaim usernames that violate these rules.

Everything you post on Sprig (your project description, devlogs, media, screenshots, builds, open-call posts, comments, profile bio, messages) is your content. You own it. We don't claim ownership of your game, your art, your writing, or your IP.

To run the service, you grant Sprig a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, display, and distribute your content as needed to operate Sprig, for example so your public project page can render, your devlogs can reach your followers, and your open call can show up in search. This license exists only to run the service and ends when you delete the content or your account (except where copies are retained for legal compliance, backups, or moderation logs).

You are responsible for the rights to the content you post. Don't upload assets you don't have permission to use, and don't post other people's work as if it were your own. Copyright complaints are handled through our Copyright & DMCA Policy.

Our Community Guidelines spell out what belongs on Sprig and how we enforce it. In short, don't use Sprig to:

• Harass, threaten, dox, or target anyone.
• Post sexual content involving minors, non-consensual sexual content, or content that promotes self-harm, terrorism, or violence against a group.
• Post malware, scrape the service abusively, or interfere with how it runs for other people.
• Impersonate Sprig, our team, or another developer in a way intended to deceive.
• Misrepresent paid roles or open calls. For example, listing a paid gig that is actually unpaid, or running a scam disguised as a collaboration.
• Use Sprig to coordinate selling games, accounts, keys, in-game items, or services in a way that turns the platform into a marketplace. Linking out to your own storefront (Steam, itch, your site) is fine and encouraged.

We run a community-driven reporting system. Anyone can flag content, and our moderators may warn, hide, or remove content and suspend accounts that break these rules. See Privacy for how moderation data is handled.

Open calls are listings. Sprig does not employ collaborators, does not process payments between developers, and does not hold escrow. Any arrangement between a project owner and someone who responds to an open call is between them. If money changes hands, it happens off-platform.

Posters of paid roles should describe compensation accurately (paid, rev-share, project-only). Applicants should treat what they post like a portfolio; assume what you upload may be reviewed by the project owner and their team.

Sprig has one paid tier, Sprig+ ($7/month), that unlocks additional features. The free tier is fully functional for solo and team work; Sprig+ adds visibility, integrations, and audience-building tools.

Subscriptions are billed via Stripe on a recurring monthly basis. You authorise Stripe to charge your payment method until you cancel. You can cancel anytime from your account settings; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. We don't pro-rate partial-month cancellations.

Where required by law, sales tax is collected via Stripe Tax. Stripe processes payments according to its own terms; Sprig does not store your card details.

If you downgrade or your subscription ends, paid-tier features (Steam integration, cross-posting, newsletter sends, custom OG cards on devlogs, etc.) stop accepting new work. Content you already created while paid (existing devlog OG cards, past newsletter sends, the Steam snapshot) is not stripped retroactively. Featured-placement eligibility ends.

We may change pricing or feature scope with reasonable notice. Active subscribers will see any price increase before it applies and can cancel before the new rate takes effect.

No game-sales fees, ever. Sprig does not take a cut of money you earn from your games or from collaborators you find here. The subscription is the only thing we charge for.

Some Sprig features connect to outside services that you authorise individually, like linking a Steam app, connecting a Bluesky or Mastodon account for devlog cross-posting, or installing the Sprig GitHub App on a repository. Those services have their own terms and privacy practices, and the data they show or receive is governed by them. You can disconnect any third-party integration from your workspace settings.

You can delete your account at any time from settings. When you do, we remove your profile and content from public surfaces within a reasonable period. Some data may persist briefly in backups and in moderation logs for safety and compliance reasons.

We may suspend or terminate an account that breaks these terms, especially the acceptable-use rules. For serious violations we may act without prior notice. Where appropriate we will warn you first and give you a chance to fix the problem.

Sprig is provided "as is". We don't guarantee that the service will always be available, error-free, secure against every possible threat, or that data won't ever be lost. We back up the database and do our best, but you should keep your own copies of anything you couldn't bear to lose (especially game builds and source art).

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Sprig disclaims all implied warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Sprig and its operators are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your use of the service, including lost profits, lost data, or lost opportunities. Our total liability for any claim related to the service is limited to the greater of (a) what you paid Sprig in the twelve months before the claim or (b) US $50.

Some jurisdictions don't allow some of these limitations; in those places our liability is limited to the smallest amount the law permits.

We may update these terms as the service evolves. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent meaningful change. If a change materially affects your rights or obligations, we'll give reasonable notice, by email, an in-app banner, or a notice on this page, before it takes effect. Continuing to use Sprig after a change means you accept the new terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction where Sprig is operated from, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Disputes that can't be resolved informally should be brought in the courts of that jurisdiction.

Questions about these terms can go to hello@sprig.gg. Reports of acceptable-use violations should use the flag button on the offending content. That routes it to the moderator queue and gets a faster response.